2 Corinthians 1 : King James Version

1 1Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and
Timothy our brother, unto the church of God which is at Corinth,
with all the saints which are in all Achaia: 2Grace be to
you and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
3Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus
Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; 4Who
comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort
them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves
are comforted of God. 5For as the sufferings of Christ
abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ. 6And
whether we be afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation,
which is effectual in the enduring of the same sufferings which we
also suffer: or whether we be comforted, it is for your consolation
and salvation. 7And our hope of you is stedfast, knowing,
that as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so shall ye be also of
the consolation. 8For we would not, brethren, have you
ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were
pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired
even of life: 9But we had the sentence of death in
ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which
raiseth the dead: 10Who delivered us from so great a
death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver
us; 11Ye also helping together by prayer for us, that for
the gift bestowed upon us by the means of many persons thanks may be
given by many on our behalf. 12For our rejoicing is this,
the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly
sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have
had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.
13For we write none other things unto you, that what ye
read or acknowledge; and I trust ye shall acknowledge even to the
end; 14As also ye have acknowledged us in part, that we
are your rejoicing, even as ye also are our's in the day of the Lord
Jesus. 15And in this confidence I was minded to come unto
you before, that ye might have a second benefit; 16And to
pass by you into Macedonia, and to come again out of Macedonia unto
you, and of you to be brought on my way toward Judaea. 17When
I therefore was thus minded, did I use lightness? or the things that
I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, that with me there
should be yea yea, and nay nay? 18But as God is true, our
word toward you was not yea and nay. 19For the Son of
God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us, even by me and
Silvanus and Timotheus, was not yea and nay, but in him was yea.
20For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him
Amen, unto the glory of God by us. 21Now he which
stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God;
22Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the
Spirit in our hearts. 23Moreover I call God for a record
upon my soul, that to spare you I came not as yet unto Corinth.
24Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are
helpers of your joy: for by faith ye stand.